Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health VI - Volume 1: Occupational Risk Assessment, Management and Case Studies

This book gathers cutting-edge research and best practices relating to occupational risk and safety
management, healthcare, and ergonomics. It covers strategies for different industries, such as construction,
chemical, and healthcare. It emphasizes challenges posed by automation, discusses solutions offered by
technologies, and reports on case studies carried out in different countries. Chapters are based on selected
contributions to the 21st International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SHO 2024), held on
July 4-5, 2024, in Porto, Portugal. By reporting on different perspectives, such as the ones from managers,
employees, and OSH professionals, and covering timely issues, such as implications of telework, issues related
to gender inequality and applications of machine learning techniques in occupational health, this book offers
extensive information and a source of inspiration to OSH researchers, practitioners, and organizations
operating in both local and global contexts. This is the first volume of a 2-volume set.

List of contents

1. Safety culture maturity in four Finnish food industry companies.- 2. Understanding Human Error.- 3. CultureBridging the Gap.- 4. Behind individuals' occupational health and safety risk assessment behavior.- 5. Identifying system performance variability in the concreting of a building slab.- 6. Occupational risk assessment in mining.

Summary

This book gathers cutting-edge research and best practices relating to occupational risk and safety


management, healthcare, and ergonomics. It covers strategies for different industries, such as construction,


chemical, and healthcare. It emphasizes challenges posed by automation, discusses solutions offered by


technologies, and reports on case studies carried out in different countries. Chapters are based on selected


contributions to the 21st International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SHO 2024), held on


July 4-5, 2024, in Porto, Portugal. By reporting on different perspectives, such as the ones from managers,


employees, and OSH professionals, and covering timely issues, such as implications of telework, issues related


to gender inequality and applications of machine learning techniques in occupational health, this book offers


extensive information and a source of inspiration to OSH researchers, practitioners, and organizations


operating in both local and global contexts. This is the first volume of a 2-volume set.

Product details

• Assisted by: Rui B Melo (Editor), J. Santos Baptista (Editor), Paula Carneiro (Editor), Paula Carneiro et al (Editor), Jacqueline Castelo Branco (Editor), Nelson Costa (Editor), Joana Duarte (Editor), Joana C. Guedes (Editor), Rui B. Melo (Editor), Gonçalo Perestrelo (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.05.2025
• EAN: 9783031821653
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3182165-3
• No. of pages: 510
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 31 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 883 g
• Illustrations: IX, 510 p. 72 illus., 61 illus. in color.
• Series: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Management und Managementtechniken, Arbeits-, Wirtschafts- und Organisationspsychologie, Biomedizinische Technik, Industrial Management, Occupational Health Psychology, Biomechanical Analysis and Modeling, Health Risk Assessment, SHO 2024, Safety Management Systems In Industry 4.0, Occupational Risk Factors, Physiological Monitoring Systems, Ergonomic Risk Mitigation, Safety Culture at Work, Data-driven Models for Occupational Health Assessment, Occupational Exposure Assessment, Health Assessment in Industry 4.0, Mental Health of Workers